Song of Solomon 1:12
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12 While athe king was on his couch,my bnard gave forth its fragrance.
Mark 14:3
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3 cAnd while he was at dBethany in the house of Simon the leper, ▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. John 12:3
3 fMary therefore took a pound ▼▼Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams
of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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